When I Get Angry

Marcus Aurelius (121 AD – 180 AD) was a Roman Emperor and Stoic Philosopher who is known
as the last of the Five Good Emperors. During his lifetime he kept a personal journal that
subsequently was named and published as Meditations. It remains one of most insightful and
useful guides to living with courage, temperance, wisdom and justice.

Some of the most helpful offerings in Meditations and in the Stoic philosophy relate to anger
management. Here is the idea in a nutshell.

The root of anger is revenge. (Someone has wronged me, and I will get them back for it).